This was... wow. Her new stuff is so much better. Even without all of the unnecessary sex, the story was all over the place. I really couldn't follow what was going on. However, I do think the concept of the girl with demons was cool and I like how she became an unholy thing in the name of God. If Morinaga-sensei revisited this, she could take out the sex and all of the other unneeded stuff, and focus on the core concept. Then it would be a good story. She could also develep the girls' relationship and make it into a yuri decent story.
This is 10 years old. This was long before Kisses and Girl Friends, when she was still doing mostly doujins and hentai. What happened is that she mellowed out and made enough of a name so she doesn't have to cater to the fetish of the week.
Still, I take your point. A lot of her older stuff was kind of hard core like this, and since she started getting published by the better magazines and anthologies, Morinaga Sensei's work has gotten a lot less hard core and a lot better. Maybe her more recent work is the kind of thing she wanted to do all along.
I think Mare may have been close to the last of that earlier type of material she did, and it was probably completed before she did "Even if We're not Friends."
I agree with you guys. Many artists need to do things they don't want before they make it into the industry. A lot of actors start out as porn stars before they get actual acting roles. Morinaga-sensei was probably just doing what she had to before she could start making the yuri we love so much.